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Back for its 12th year, the organisers of the prestigious Somerset Business Awards announce the eagerly anticipated finalists for 2016.

Following another fantastic year of Award entries from over 100 companies, the judges have spent weeks visiting outstanding businesses of all sizes from around the county. The finalists for each of the 13 categories have now been selected and will find out if they will be crowned the winner at the black-tie celebratory dinner, next month.

Richard Bugler, Managing Partner at Albert Goodman – the Somerset Business Awards’ main sponsor – comments, “The standard of entries to the Somerset Business Awards never fail to impress us and this year the quality is higher than ever – it is excellent to know so many businesses in Somerset are of such high quality. The visiting process is always truly inspiring and they should feel proud to have got this far. We look forward to celebrating with them all in October.”

Working together with Bridgwater & Taunton College, the finalists will now be filmed by the Media students to create a short film about the business and what winning means to them. This will be shown on the Awards night and will form part of the students’ final course results.

Last year’s winner of the Business of the Year 1 – 10 Employees Award was AB Heritage Ltd. Andy Buckley comments on their win, “This award is a phenomenal success and a movement in the right direction for us. It is a real testament to the fantastic work we are doing and is completely down to the team for getting the job done over the years.”

The Awards are sponsored by a variety of Somerset businesses from the county’s vibrant business community. Finalists and winners will be celebrated on Friday 21st October at the black-tie event hosted by national television presenter, Alex Lovell. The event, which is being held at Wellsprings Leisure Centre in Taunton, has become one of the most important and popular dates in the county’s business calendar.

Full list of award finalists (in alphabetical order):

Albert Goodman Family Business of the Year Award, sponsored by Albert Goodman LLP